Afterburner and aircraft engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10197011-B2
Application number	US-201615193286-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 27, 2016
Priority date	Apr 30, 2014
Publication date	Feb 5, 2019
Grant date	Feb 5, 2019

Abstract

The present embodiment improves the durability of an afterburner and yet suppresses a reduction in the engine efficiency of an aircraft engine. A ring-shaped cooling channel through which cooling air flows is formed between the outer peripheral surface of a liner and the inner peripheral surface of a rear duct. A plurality of cooling holes for blowing the cooling air along the inner peripheral surface of the liner are formed penetrating the liner. A ring-shaped annulus flame-holding member on the inner peripheral surface of the liner is provided concentrically with respect to a plurality of radial flame-holding members. The inner diameter of the annulus flame-holding member decreases in the downstream direction. The annulus flame-holding member functions as a throttle ring which throttles the flowing of a main flow of a mixed gas inside the liner.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An afterburner configured to supply fuel for burning in a gas mixture of combustion gas and air, the combustion gas being discharged from a core flow path of an aircraft engine and the air being discharged from a fan flow path of the aircraft engine, the afterburner configured to increase thrust of the aircraft engine while burning the fuel in the gas mixture, the afterburner comprising:
a rear duct provided in the outlet side of an engine case of the aircraft engine;
a cylindrical liner positioned within the rear duct and configured to receive the combustion gas and air;
a fuel injector configured to inject the fuel in the form of liquid in the cylindrical liner;
an igniter positioned downstream of the fuel injector and configured to ignite the gas mixture containing the fuel in the cylindrical liner;
a flame holder positioned downstream of the fuel injector and configured to hold flame, the flame holder including;
a plurality of radial flame holding members which are oriented radially inside the cylindrical liner and configured to propagate flame in the radial direction; and
an annulus flame holding member configured to propagate flame in a circumferential direction, the annulus flame holding member aligned with the plurality of radial flame holding members and positioned on an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical liner, wherein an inner diameter of the annulus flame holding member decreases with distance from an upstream end of the annulus flame holding member such that a main flow of the gas mixture is throttled by the annulus flame holding member during operation of the afterburner, and an outer circumferential surface of the annulus flame holding member abuts the inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical liner at the upstream end of the annulus flame holding member;

wherein an annular cooling path is defined between the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical liner and the inner circumferential surface of the rear duct, the annular cooling path configured to receive as cooling air a part of the air discharged from the fan flow path, and wherein
the cylindrical liner includes a plurality of penetrating cooling holes configured to blow out the cooling air along the inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical liner.

2. An aircraft engine which generates thrust by discharging combustion gas rearward, comprising the afterburner according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Ihi Corp

Inventors

• Tanaka Shinji
• Takahashi Katsuyoshi
• Hosoi Jun

Classifications

• F05D2240/35

  Combustors or associated equipment · CPC title

• F01D25/24

  Casings (modified for heating or cooling F01D25/14); Casing parts, e.g. diaphragms, casing fastenings (casings for rotary machines or engines in general F16M {; special arrangements in stators dealing with breaking-off of part of rotor F01D21/045}) · CPC title

• F23R2900/03041

  Effusion cooled combustion chamber walls or domes · CPC title

• F23R3/18

  Flame stabilising means, e.g. flame holders for after-burners of jet-propulsion plants · CPC title

• F23R3/28

  characterised by the fuel supply (burners F23D) · CPC title